Which of the following statements offers the best definition of the term Bildungsroman ?

Related Mcqs:

Marxist theory focuses on examining which of the following aspects of literary texts ?

A. The political and social meanings of literary texts B. Characters who are sympathetic to issues facing the working classes C. The relationship between economics and the production of literary texts D. All of these...

Which of the following statements about Greek tragedies is true ?

A. They were not popular with ancient Greek audiences. B. They were usually set in the past. C. They were almost never set in the past. D. They were often done in honor of the Greek god Zeus....

Which of the following statements would Percy Shelley, author of “A Defense of Poetry”, agree with ?

A. Art serves a particular worldly purpose. B. Art’s supreme function is to entertain the public. C. Artists are dangerous to social order. D. Artists serve to construct the foundations of culture....

Which of the following statements about the plot of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is not true ?

A. Hamlet is deeply disturbed by his father’s death. B. It is never proven within the play that Claudius murdered King Hamlet. C. Hamlet doubts the proper course of action to take. D. Ophelia dies by drowning....

A picaresque novel dramatizes the life of what kind of person ?

A. A member of the royalty B. A lowborn, wandering adventurer C. A member of the middle class engaging in self-exploration D. A child as he or she develops into an adult...